Family: Portulacaceae
Synonym: Portulaca officinarum Crantz
Vernacular name: Cheriyagolicheera, Karicheera, Koluppa, Kozhuppa, Kozhuppacheera
Habit: Herb
Habitat: Wet areas in degraded forests, also in the plains
Distribution: Pantropical.
Flowering and Fruiting: June-September
Key identification features: Portulaca species are annual or perennial herbs. Inflorescence axillary or terminal clusters or cymes about 2-30 flowered, rarely solitary. Flowers bisexual, Fruit is a capsule.
Uses: Aqueous extracts of the plant have shown muscle-relaxing effects. The plant is anthelmintic, antibacterial, antiinflammatory, antiscorbutic, depurative, diuretic etc.
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